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V CURRY 00MB. No. 346,445. Patented July 27, 1886.

PATENT OFEicE.

MILES SWEET, OE TROY, NEYV YORK.

CURRY- COMB.

GPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 346,445, dated July 27,1886.

Application filed June 2, 1886. Serial No. 203,891. (No modclJ To ctZZwhom ifi may concern:

Be it known that 1, MILES SWEET, a citizen of the United States,residing at Troy, in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Iniprovements in Curry-Combs, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being bad therein tothe accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to curry-combs provided with malleable end bars,a wooden handle, and a wire frame uniting the handle to said end bars.

The object of my invention is to provide a 1 curry-comb of this classwith a double-wire knocker at each end, and at the same time strengthenthe front comb-plate and facilitate l the retention of the fingers of aperson against 1 said front comb plate. I accomplish these objects bythe construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which isrepre sented in perspective a curry-comb construct-- ed in accordancewith my invention. I

In said drawing, A represents the comb- 1 plates, of usual form. Theyare connected together by means of malleable iron end bars,B, providedwith teats to enter perforations in l the ends of the comb-plates and beclinched or riveted therein. The end bars have also lugs b I) If,grooved substantially as shown in Patent No. 89,18 granted to me April20, 1869. The lugs I) Z) are to retain the wire frame 0, the middleportion of which is bent upon itself and driveninto the wooden handle 5D. The ends of said wire are bent outwardly l at the points where theyissue from the lugs l b, and said bent portion is of sufficient length lto form knockers c, that protect the east end bars against breakagewhile the curry-comb i is rapped against walls, stones, and otherunyielding substances, to shake and remove f the dust rapidlyaccumulating thereon While in use; but it has been found that as theframe O is made of light wire that the portion fornr 1 ing the k nockersoccasionally becomes straightened in line with the adjacent portion, and

said frame became loose Within the lugs b b" r of the end bars, and theetliciency of the comb was destroyed. To obviate this defect, the endbars are provided with thelugs b,within which is placed the piece ofwire 0 the ends 0* of which are bent outwardly, and while clasped by thelugs b form knockers having the same length as the knockers a, and' asthey lie in close contact with the latter they strengthen them andprevent their being bent out of shape; and as the wire G" extends infront of the first comb-bar it prevents its being bent from blows orfalls, and at the sametime it facilitates the retention of the fingersof a person against said front comb-plate while grasp- 1 ing thecurry-comb directly above the combplates.

Having now fully described my invention, I claim 1. As a new articleofmanufactnre, a currycomb consisting of coinb-plates, end bars securedthereto, and having, besides the lugs b b, retaining the wire frame 0 ofthe handle, the lugs b, retaining a wire, 0 the latter connecting thetwo end bars,and having its ends bent outwardly parallel with the endsof the wire frame, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination of the handle and frame of a curry-comb, its endbars, and comb-plates with a wire resting alongside of [the outercomb-plate,and havingits ends bent outwardly as knockers and secured tothe end bars, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MILES SWEET.

Witnesses:

CHAS. T. BOUGHTON, GEO. HARRIsoN.

